Drier.



7 PATENTED MAY 29,, 1906.- G. E. CHAMBERLAIN.

DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED $32115. 1905.

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WITNESSES: lNl/E/VTUR I ATTORNEYJ.

3N0. 822,185.v PATENTBD MAY 29, 1906 G. E GHAMBERLAIN.

DRIER.

'APPLIQATION FILED $2213.15. 1905.

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- WITNESSES: I 'IM L'NTUH 7 0 Q I 2- Q? f Y no of "he draft-fine,

GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAI BREEZE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1906..

Application filed September 15, 1905. 1 Serial No. 278.557.

1o (f/1 f whom it may concern.-

it known that l, GEORGE E. CHAMBER- AIN, a citizen of the United States, and a .esident of the-city of St. Louis and State of lissouri, have invented a new and useful l 111 provernent in Driers, of which the following is e specification.

iviiy invention relates to driers, and hasfor its principal objects to prevent the choking to clean out the draft iout interfering with the operation of the drier, provide a readily-removable oonvcyer in the bottom Of the draft-flue, and Obllfll objects hereinafter more fully appearing.

lily invention consists in the parts and i :1 angenients and combinations of parts insfter described and claimed.

in the accompanying drawings, forming s. this specification, and. wherein like syn'ihols refer to like parts wherever they occur. i iw i. is on end View of a drier Wiring, ltli iny improvement Fig. 2 o. tioin'il View through the draft-lino scent end of the drierwylindcrv g disii'itogrsted materials in dricrs by s strong draft light or line per- 1"" carried by the draft to the line and t to ch. 1K6 it up in a short time. Hitherto he." necessary to open amanhole in the line and clean it out by hand. teriercs with the draft and the operation oi the r and. results in the discharge ol some insulliciei'itly-dried material l'roni tho drier. if the operator, attempts to regulate the feed. during the time theniauholo is open, it o hly follows that some ovordried l wi he oischarged from the dicr, of the impossibility oi instantane i" t-Jiiilglilg the feed.

the iris always open, obviates the neces it oi opening; the manhole to cieon out line. and obviates theconscqiivnt inequality in the resultsproduced.

in tho machine illustrated the drying- :rhaniher is o rotary cylinder l. The drierrylindor 1, provided with peripheral bearingruigs i2, rests upon rollers 3. A goarovhcol l on a power-shalt 5 engages a poriphorol rack on the cylinder and rotates tho cylinder. n ylinder is internally heated by strain- The head f5 ol the cylinder is roan annular hearing-plate 9, which 'aiust a pivotallyunouniod hearing one side to receive a trough anr fed by a chute 1;.

, hottoni thereof in such quantities- This in- I My improvement I The hearing-plate 10 has an o icning near l screw con veyer ll to which the material to be dried is 1e conveyor 11 is ectuatcd by the power-shaft 5 through sproeketandrhniu gearing and delivers the material to be dried to the drier- :ylinder at one side of and below the major portion of the draftflue opening, so asto avoid the draft as much as possible.

The binning-plate i0 has a flue-opening at its upper portion surrounded by aii'snge 13. A draft lluo 14- oonncctcd to said flan e 18. The lower front portion 15 of said he is she pod to form a trough'ior a screw conveyer.

The lower rear portion 16 is box-shaped and has manhole in the bottom. closed hya door" 7. A fluc-clean1ng screw-l8 is moui'iterl in! ooroalcd in a swing.

L o upper side oi he flue, andin '-hox' 2 i, which is integral with a piste which closes the hole ll). The plate 22 is scoured to the flue by studs and nuts and is thus readily rcmmxablc to permit access to the interior of the line through the manhole should it ever become necessary. The swinging hearing will aline with the fixed hearing. The convcyooscrmv 18 is geared to the screw of the l'coiling-conveyor by means of sproclr (its and chains. i'lenco whenever the onvcyer ii is actuotrd to Food material into the drier-cylnulrr the Hue-cleaning conveyor will be actuated to keep the flue from choking on.

An. apron 23 is mounted on tho hearing-plate l0 and extends over the hearing-flats? 9 to prevent the falling between saii hearing plates of material discharged by the itinerloaniug screw.

Tho drier being set in operation, the lriercylinder will he rotated and tho lccrtconvcycr aud lino-cleaning screw will he actw stud. lilalerial carried by the draft into the lluo and falling there will fall upon the flue cleaning screw and will he carried back into the 'ylinder. There it will fall down and mingle with wet goods delivered by the lcedconveyor and will no carrio-zl along with the same to be discharged at the opposite end of the conveyor. 'lhc lluc-rlozmiug screw being in continuous operation,the material tolling; to the bottom of the line will he carrie i Lil bearing 20. piv- 15 flue communicating with the same, means. 7. A drier comprisingla rotary cylinder, a 45 5 4. A drier comprlsing a rotary cylinder and into the cylinder as fast as it falls, and thus veyer for feeding, said cylinder and a fluethe flue can never choke up. cleaning conveyer arranged in the bottom of Obviously my device is capable of modifisaid flue to carry material into said cylinder, cation within the scope of my invention, and and an apron arranged beneath the discharge 5 therefore ;do not Wish to be limited to the end of said conveyer. 5

particula' construction shown and described. 6. A drier comprising a draft-flue, a rotar What I'claim' as my invention, and desire cylinder opening into said draft-flue, a fee to secure by Letters Patent, is conveyer arranged to deliver material into said 1. A drier comprising a drying-chamber, a cylinder to one side of the opening into said [O flue communicating with said chamber, a draft-flue, and 'a flue-cleaning conveyer ar- 40 feeding-conveyer and a flue cleaning conranged in the bottom of said draft-flue to de-. veyer arranged in the lower portion of said liver material into said cylinder in position flue. I to. mingle with the material delivered by said 2. A dI/ier comprising a drying-chamber, a feed-conveyeri I for feeding said chamber, and a flue-cleaning flue communicating Wit said cylinder, afeedconveyer removably mounted int hebo'ttom conveyer arranged to deliver material to be '01 said flue. j v a 3. A drier com risin a drying-chamber veyer arranged in the bottom of said flue, 20 and means for feeding t e same, a flue commeans to actuate said rotary cylinder, and 50 y municating with said chamber and havin a gearing connecting said means and said contrough-shaped lower ortion, and a'rotatable veyer,.whereby said cylinder and said consorew mounted in sai trough-shaped portion veyer will always be simultaneously actu- Signed at St. Louis, Missouri, this 13th day 55' means for feeding the same, a flue oommuniof September, 1905.

eating With said cylinder, and a flue-cleaning GEO. E. CHAMBERLAIN. conveyer arranged in the bottom of said flue. Witnesses:

5. drier comprisingla rotar cylinder, a J B. MEGOWN, o flue communicating wit said cy inder, a con- FRED F. REIsNER.

dried into said cylinder, a flue-cleaning con- 7/? 

